Security experts lose immediately 'at home'

Not only ordinary users but also security experts accept defeat in the field where they are considered experts.

Wireless mobile security firm AirDefense said more than half of the computers of the world's leading security experts attending the RSA 2007 Annual Security Forum are unprotected and may be "kidnapped." " whenever.

Carrying out a full scan of the wireless network on the first day of the RSA 2007 launch, AirDefense discovered a total of 623 Wi-Fi features - including laptops and mobile phones - that are open. Among them, 56% of devices are configured to automatically log in to any available wireless network with open wireless accounts.

Hackers can exploit the aforementioned security holes with "man-in-the-middle" tools with a fake access point equipped with Service Set Identifiers technology (SSID) similar to service point systems. usually, common, normal.

In this way hackers can steal users' confidential information or exploit unresolved security vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system to gain control of the target system.

AirDefense has detected two fake access points that are identical to the official RSA 2007 access points and five hotspots that impersonate the names of hotels and service providers at the venue.

Although RSA 2007 is equipped with a secure wireless network, the deployment of security settings is relatively difficult because the number of people attending the forum has reached 15,000.

Hoang Dung